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Anyone who checks the paper regularly for foreclosure notices can spot that there aren’t many as of late. Some of the larger firms handling the bulk of foreclosures have come to a grinding halt ...

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The New York State Bar Association reported last week that leaders in upstate New York are feeling positive about the future of their profession. The state bar has been polling firm management ...

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Rochester’s City Council announced a special mayoral election for the spring, city officials said earlier this week. The special election isn’t official yet, but there will be at least two candidates this spring ...

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Prominent Rochester attorney John Parrinello made a public statement Tuesday in reaction to his arrest over the weekend in which he was tossed from a Monroe Community College women’s basketball game.

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Prominent attorney John Parrinello was arrested over the weekend for heckling and swearing at a referee during a Monroe Community College women’s basketball game, police said.

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Businesses have to put the holly in holidays rather than the Christ in Christmas. Office holiday parties are a regular occurrence this time of year, but businesses have to stay neutral on having religion ...

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Eastman Kodak Co. announced an initiative this week that aims to spark business growth and development in the sprawling but largely vacant Kodak Business Park. The company kicked off its Innovation and Material Sciences Institute ...

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The Rochester City Council is expected to vote this month on whether it will appoint a temporary mayor or hold a special election this spring. There has been some debate within the City Council on how to handle the situation with Mayor Robert Duffy steping down Jan. 1.

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Jobs in the legal profession nationally dipped for the second straight month, according to a recent federal report. Local officials say the Rochester market has not been hit as hard. However, more than 1,100 jobs were lost nationally ...

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Imagine having to pay insurance on your neighbor’s car — one you didn’t purchase, maintain or even drive. You have no say in where they go, how they drive or the risks they take on the road. Imagine the neighbor drinks too much and hits someone, then the victim sues you.

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Deputy Mayor Thomas Richards announced Thursday his intentions to run on the Democratic line for the soon-to-be vacant mayoral seat. Richards held a press conference at the Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial, surrounded by about 50 supporters ...

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The hourglass is half empty, and time may be running short on traditional hourly billing, the most popular method used by attorneys in the region and the nation. Alternative billing is nothing new, but it’s stirred many responses from attorneys as its popularity grows ...

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